Currency holder



sept. 4, 1934.

R. s. BERGMAN CURRENCY HOLDER Filed June 29. 1933 Patented Sept. 4, 1934 UNITEDA STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,972,214 CURRENCY HOLDER" v Richard s. Bergman, shaker Heights, ohmA l .Application June 29, 1933, serial No. 678,265

4 Claims. y(C1. 129-26) This invention'relates to devices for Jholding papers and, especially, paper. currency.

It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a device adapted to be installed in a money drawer, such asthe drawer of a cash register,

for keeping the paper-currency in ak fiat condition and to press out any bills which are more or less crumpled.` A further object of the invention is to proio vide a deviceof the kind stated, that will facilitate making change by soholding the bills that withdrawal of more than the `loills desired, is

avoided.

A further object of the invention is to provide i5' a device that will hold the bills in a money drawer so that, in opening and closing the drawer, vthey will not be draggedV outvof the compartment and into the space at the rear of the drawer. AA further object is to provide a device of the kind stated that will compact the bills into the bottom of the money compartment so as to more or less conceal the bills from onlookers.-

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind stated that will be capable of serving as a partition in the money compartment whereby some of the bills may be arranged at the bottom of the compartment below the device and the remaining bills, which are used in making change and other transactions, are kept separate therefrom. Y I

A further object of the invention is to-provide a device that will be capable vof holding the bills so that the entire device with the bills therein may be conveniently removed from `the money compartment, asa unit, and placed in a safe or vault.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device that will laccomplish the foregoing objects and, nevertheless, be simple in construc- 'i tion, low in cost, and so made as to not be liable to get out of order.

Other objects of the invention and the features of novelty will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accomj panying drawing, of which 450i form of the invention which is also illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another form of device embodying certain features of my invention; and.

554 Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an additional form of device embodying some of the features of my invention.

Referring tothe form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 vand 2,v 10 indicates a money drawer having a compartment for bills. It is common, in the money drawers of cash registers, to have a weighted roller 11 to rest upon the pile of bills in the compartment for the purpose of holding them down. The weighted roller is rotatably mounted on an arm 12-that is hinged at 13 to a small bracket`14 which permits the arm 12 to vswing on a horizontal axis, as indicated in dotted lines-to accommodate stacks of bills of different thickness inthe compartment.

The preferred form of the device constituting my invention consists of a hat rectangular plate 15 slightly smaller than the compartment and having, atrone end, a plurality of perforations 16 for the rings 17 whereby a superposed plate 18 is hinged to the plate 15. It will be noted that the plates 15 and 18 are hinged together at adjacent' ends and the use of the rings 17, as hinges has the advantage of giving flexibility to the device so that the plates 15 and 18 are capable of separation to accommodate varying quantities of bills; This is especially illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the plates 15 and 18 are separated to receive the stack of bills 19.

A third plate 20- is hinged-to the plate 1S, at the end of the latter, remote from the rings 17, and I prefer to use the rings 21 for this hinge connection.k It'will be noted that the plate 18 is shorter than the plate 154 and that the combined lengths ofthe plates`18 andy 20 are substantially equal to that of lthe plate 18.VV At the end of the plate 20 that is reinotefromvv the rings 21, two

slits 22 are cut into the plate and the tongue of material between these slits is bent up, as shown at 23, to form a handle which may be conveniently engaged by one of the fingers of the hand of the operator vto lift the plate 20, or, when desired, both of the plates 20 and 18.

In keeping bills in a money drawer it is frequently desirable to divide the bills into two lots, one of which is used in ordinary transactions and the other is held more or less in reserve, and my device makes this possible and convenient, as illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein there is a stack of bills 24 beneath the plate 15 and this stack of bills is entirely separated from the stack 19 which is ordinarly used in the routine transactions. It will be noted that the plate 15 completely covers the stack 24 and that the plates 18 and 20 also normally conceal the stack 19.

The plates 15, 18 and 20 are preferably made 11,0

of metal so as to have a substantial weight, and this weight presses down the stacks of bills in the compartment in which the device is used. From Fig. 1 it will also be observed that the bills are normally retained in a flat condition and are so covered by the plates 18 and 20 that there is no possibility of the top bills of the stack being dragged out of the compartment as the money drawer is opened and closed. Moreover, the fact that the bill holder, ,above described, presses the bills into the bottom of the compartment, makes it diiiicult for an onlooker to see the amount of money on hand. L

The weighted roller 11 is preferably arranged so as to bear on the top of plate 18, and this tends to hold the plate down, although the drawer will move upwardly, as shown in dotted lines irFig.Y

l, whenever it is desired to lift the plate 13.

Ordinarily, to withdraw a bill frornthe com,- partment, it is only necessary to raise the plate 20, thereby exposing the Vvends of the bills and permitting any one or more of them to be withdrawn. When it is desired to .deposit a bill'in the compartment the plates 18 and 20 are raised sufficiently to `permit the operatorto deposit the bill between the plates in the position indicated by the stack 19. Y i

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3, the device is similar tothat illustrated in Fig. 2 with the exception that the plate 15 is oniitted. The plates 25, and 26 kare connected together by the hinge rings 27 and maybe lifted by means of the handle 28, as previously described.,Y

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, there is a bottom plate29 similar to the plate 15 and a single top plate 30, theseplates being hinged toegther by the rings 31 which are similar to the rings 17. This form of the invention has many of the advantages of the form illustrated in Fig. 2 but the latter is more convenient because of the use ofthe small plate 20, which may be conveniently lifted for` many purposes without the necessity of lifting the plate 13, whereas, in the form illustrated Vin Fig. 4, it is 2 always necessary to lift the entire plate 30.

It will be noted that when either of the forms illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 is used, the device constitutes a convenient means for removing thc bills from the money compartment and transferringthem to a safe or` vault. This, of course, applies to the bills that are between-the` plates and, as to these bills, the whole device, with the bills therein, Vmay be lifted out of the compartment, as a unit, and so long as the bills remain between the plates, they are subjectedv to pressure which smooths them outand puts them in better condition for handling.

While I have illustrated and described what I now consider to be the preferred forms of my invention, it will be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l... As a new article of .manufacture, a paper currency holder' for money' drawers comprising two superposed plates connected together at adjacent ends by a hinge and the upper one of said plates having two slits in the end remote from said hinge and the material between said Aslits turned up so as to form a handle.

i 2. As a new article of manufacture, a paper kcurrency holder for money drawers comprising two superposed plates connected together at ady:jacent ends by a hinge, theupper one of said plates being shorter than the lower plate, and the shorter of said plates having. a. third plate connected theretoby a hinge at vthe end thereof remote from the rst mentioned hinge andv normally lying in the plane of saidshorterplate and when so arrangedoverlying said lowerplate, and said thirdplate having a handle atthe end remote from the second mentioned hinge.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a paper currency holder fork money drawers comprising two superposed plates connected together at adjacent ends by a hinge, the upper oneY 0f said plates being shorter than thelower plate, and the shorter of said plates having a third plate connected thereto by a Vhinge at the end thereof remote from the first mentioned hinge and normally lying inthe plane of said shorter plate and when so arranged overlying said lower plate, and said third plate having an integral tongue turned up at the end remote from the second mentioned hinge so as to form a handle 4. As a new article of manufacture, a paper currency holder .for1money drawerscomprising two superposed plates lconnected together at adjacent ends by a hinge, the upper one of said plates being `shorter than vthe lower plate, and the shorter of said plates having .a third plate connected thereto by a hinge at the end thereof remote frornthe first mentioned hinge and normally'lying in the plane of said shorter plate and when so arranged overlying said lower plate, and said third plate having two slits in the end remote from the second mentioned hinge and the material between said slits turned up so 4as to form a handle. y f

- f Y RICHARD S. BERGMAN. 

